TecHNooB
Diamond Member
- Sep 10, 2005
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If you're trying to tell me I should have paid for less challenging courses, fuck that! I'm just paying for classes worth my while; I'll decide what I really want to do later..
This thread is depressing.. half the posters are engineers, the other half are people who pat themselves on the back everyday for outsmarting engineers.. goddamnit.
This thread is depressing.. half the posters are engineers, the other half are people who pat themselves on the back everyday for outsmarting engineers.. goddamnit.
Bignate603
Lifer
- Sep 5, 2000
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Somehow I doubt that. The average pay for engineers is in the $75k range across all disciplines. That means you're saying you'll be making $375,000 to $750,000 doing intellectual property. None of the patent lawyers I've met ever struck me as incredibly wealthy.
Yes, I've read 100 page term sheets, M&A agreements, etc. If it weren't for shyster lawyers who try to find every loophole to cheat people out of what should be a simple transaction it would be 1 page long.
Safeway
Lifer
- Jun 22, 2004
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Doesn't matter. I'm moderate. Fuck social programs.
I dislike them, too. Makes my job harder. I try to protect peoples' intellectual property, and they try to invalidate my client's claim to the patent by skirting the law or generalizing the patent and then suggesting infringement.
TuxDave
Lifer
- Oct 8, 2002
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After understanding my pain threshold to stuff knowledge in my head in subjects which I had no care in the world about (telecommunications, device physics).... I kinda wish I put that energy into being a doctor since I would get paid more and probably deal with the same amount of pain. 
What do you know, my major is number 2 again. I actually had a job offer that would have put me in the average(which is good for my area), but I'm going back to school right now to pursue some biochemistry. Can't exactly go to class if I'm flying around the country/world doing work. It actually would have opened a ton of doors for me because it was a Fortune 100 company and former Dow Jones component.
JMU said the usual hiring salary for CPA's is 60,000 entry level.
Accountant is such a broad term we get under represented on these lists.
Still make them though.
I really love creating things, writing programs, etc.. but I'll be perfectly honest and say the highly complicated mathematics don't click in my brain very well.
Economics/Law I tend to remember every word.
I have a good ability to pay attention to small details, and picked Accounting so that I can work on the side in the technology sector, or maybe even make that my place of employment if I find a good company.
Currently setting my sights on the great benefits and opportunities of the federal government though. Oh and helping out in the one of the next annual ATOT Tax thread.
Much respect for engineers, and if I wanted to I could be a C (maybe B) student engineer, but I can enjoy myself about as much as one can enjoy themselves at a job and be an A level accountant and help people in the process.
People need accountants, and not everyone can do that either.
I was also thinking Broadcom....till he said that he was in Silicon Valley.
Broadcom is in Irvine next to UCI yo.
hm, sounds like the OP was doing it wrong from what I read. I never thought of an engineering degree as learning a specific set of skills you take out to the work force, but rather how to obtain those skills. Maybe I've just been brainwashed after three years, but I've never taken my coursework as "OMG THIS IS PRACTICAL IF I GET A JOB TOMORROW". I saw it as four years of learning how to solve problems, in any form.
Born2bwire
Diamond Member
- Oct 28, 2005
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Silly ghost man! This kind of rational thinking has no place here. We are arguing on the internet. Kindly leave your logic at the door.
Originally posted by: TruePaige
JMU said the usual hiring salary for CPA's is 60,000 entry level.
Accountant is such a broad term we get under represented on these lists.
Still make them though.
I really love creating things, writing programs, etc.. but I'll be perfectly honest and say the highly complicated mathematics don't click in my brain very well.
Economics/Law I tend to remember every word.
I have a good ability to pay attention to small details, and picked Accounting so that I can work on the side in the technology sector, or maybe even make that my place of employment if I find a good company.
Currently setting my sights on the great benefits and opportunities of the federal government though. Oh and helping out in the one of the next annual ATOT Tax thread.
Much respect for engineers, and if I wanted to I could be a C (maybe B) student engineer, but I can enjoy myself about as much as one can enjoy themselves at a job and be an A level accountant and help people in the process.
People need accountants, and not everyone can do that either.
CPA isn't an entry-level major/degree though. That's like saying a entry-level PE makes $xx,000, but it's not an entry-level major/degree. Although I can see accounting salaries rising.
I've done accounting classes, and I think it's fun. It's boring as shit doing it on paper because it takes so long, but you really learn what you're doing. If I had to pick a business major, I would want to do a double with accounting and insurance/risk managment.
Originally posted by: mcmilljb
Originally posted by: TruePaige
JMU said the usual hiring salary for CPA's is 60,000 entry level.
Accountant is such a broad term we get under represented on these lists.
Still make them though.
I really love creating things, writing programs, etc.. but I'll be perfectly honest and say the highly complicated mathematics don't click in my brain very well.
Economics/Law I tend to remember every word.
I have a good ability to pay attention to small details, and picked Accounting so that I can work on the side in the technology sector, or maybe even make that my place of employment if I find a good company.
Currently setting my sights on the great benefits and opportunities of the federal government though. Oh and helping out in the one of the next annual ATOT Tax thread.
Much respect for engineers, and if I wanted to I could be a C (maybe B) student engineer, but I can enjoy myself about as much as one can enjoy themselves at a job and be an A level accountant and help people in the process.
People need accountants, and not everyone can do that either.
CPA isn't an entry-level major/degree though. That's like saying a entry-level PE makes $xx,000, but it's not an entry-level major/degree. Although I can see accounting salaries rising.
I've done accounting classes, and I think it's fun. It's boring as shit doing it on paper because it takes so long, but you really learn what you're doing. If I had to pick a business major, I would want to do a double with accounting and insurance/risk managment.
Well I really meant how do you decide what counts for Accounting salary on sites like that?
Do they average all of it together?
Because you can be considered an accountant with a 2 year degree, or a 4 year degree..some people call themselves accountants without formal training at all. Many CPA's hold masters level degrees.
It is such a broad term it makes it hard to judge data online.
It is definately interesting. I really enjoy the law part of it so far.
I'm doing the double major Accounting / Business Management program.
Originally posted by: TruePaige
Originally posted by: mcmilljb
Originally posted by: TruePaige
JMU said the usual hiring salary for CPA's is 60,000 entry level.
Accountant is such a broad term we get under represented on these lists.
Still make them though.
I really love creating things, writing programs, etc.. but I'll be perfectly honest and say the highly complicated mathematics don't click in my brain very well.
Economics/Law I tend to remember every word.
I have a good ability to pay attention to small details, and picked Accounting so that I can work on the side in the technology sector, or maybe even make that my place of employment if I find a good company.
Currently setting my sights on the great benefits and opportunities of the federal government though. Oh and helping out in the one of the next annual ATOT Tax thread.
Much respect for engineers, and if I wanted to I could be a C (maybe B) student engineer, but I can enjoy myself about as much as one can enjoy themselves at a job and be an A level accountant and help people in the process.
People need accountants, and not everyone can do that either.
CPA isn't an entry-level major/degree though. That's like saying a entry-level PE makes $xx,000, but it's not an entry-level major/degree. Although I can see accounting salaries rising.
I've done accounting classes, and I think it's fun. It's boring as shit doing it on paper because it takes so long, but you really learn what you're doing. If I had to pick a business major, I would want to do a double with accounting and insurance/risk managment.
Well I really meant how do you decide what counts for Accounting salary on sites like that?
Do they average all of it together?
Because you can be considered an accountant with a 2 year degree, or a 4 year degree..some people call themselves accountants without formal training at all. Many CPA's hold masters level degrees.
It is such a broad term it makes it hard to judge data online.
It is definately interesting. I really enjoy the law part of it so far.
I'm doing the double major Accounting / Business Management program.
Well my guess(from reading the article) is that these are fresh 4 year graduates.
I think I find it interesting because I like to know how things work.
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